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      Ttfo. 462. Januabt 29, 1859.] The Leadef...

      Ttfo . 462 . Januabt 29 , 1859 . ] THE LEADEfc 187

      —^ Mexico. Intelligence Received This We...

      —^ MEXICO . Intelligence received this week informs us that a retolution at the capital of Mexico , which resulted in the oversow of Zuloaga , took place on the ^ ultimo Sai Echegaray , a partisan of General Kobles and X had been joined by the Constitutionalists of Jalapa and Cordova , advanced upon the city . Zulpaga tried S . compromise with Echegaray , but failed and was . afterwards captured and sentenced to death at Puebla , but a revolt in the city of Meiico saved him . General Robles had released all political prisoners , and it was supposed that Juarez would be placed at the head of the Government . All parties , including the Liberal , were rejoicing at Vera Cruz at the turn affairs had taken .

      America. The America Arrived At Liverpoo...

      AMERICA . The America arrived at Liverpool on Monday with the New York mails of the 11 th . The weather in that city ia very severe , and it was feared that the rivers would soon be closed by the large masses of floating ice . On the 1 lth inst .. one omnibus driver was frozen-to death on his box , and several others were reduced to a perfectly helpless state . A bill has been introduced in the Senate by Mr . Slidell for an appropriation to facilitate the acquisition of the Island Of Cuba by negotiation . The House of Representatives , for the first time in fifteen years , refused to adjourn for the celebration of the battle of New Orleans .

      A bill had been introduced into the Pennsylvania Legislature to provide additional means For the extinguishment of the "State debt by raising the rate of discount by banks to seven percent ., and requiring them to pay over oneper cent , to the Commonwealth . A special messenger from Kansas had arrived at Washington with despatches , reporting that Montgomery , Brown , and their partisans were determined upon making a desperate stand . The action of the Missouri Legislature in calling out volunteers had caused great exasperation among them , and was likely to result in a . civil war . . The Apache and Camanche Indians were ' committing depredations on the mail stations . The passengers vid the Tehuantepec route failed to make a connexion in consequence of the boisterous weather in the Gulf of Tehuantepec . ,. ' . . ' .

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      A Raue 1 ' uinteb . —A , Western paper contains the following advertisement : — " Wants a situation , a practical printer , who is competent to take charge of any department in a printing and publishing house . Would accept a professorship in any of the academies . Hast no objection to teach ornamental painting and penmanship , geometry , trigonometry , and many other sciences . Is particularly suited to act as pastor to , a small evangelical church , or as a local preacher . He would have no objection to form a small but select class of interesting young ladies , to instruct in the highest branches . To a dentist or chiropodist he would , be invaluable , as lie can do almost anything . Would board with a family , if decidedly pious . For further particulars , inquire of Colonel Buffalo , at Brown's Saloon , t—Tfnston Journal .

      Interdicted French Priests . —The Telegraph correspondent at Paris writes . — "The number of these clerical black sheep is exceedingl y large , and it is constantlv being augmented . The subject very recently engaged the attention of the Council of State , when _ it declared that the total number of interdicted priests in Paris alone is at this moment from five to six thousand ] The presumption is that these men have been drummed out of the clerical army for mere infractions of rule , and for offences chargeable in part to temperament . And what , it will be asked , do they work at for a livelihood , when their sacred calling is taken from them ? To this of course no general answer can be given . Yoiir readers will , however , be surprised , we doubt not , to learn that many of them become either waiters or cabmen ! Persons who are familiar with this subject declare that several hundred men now follow these occupations , who

      once wore the clerical garb . Indeed , I have some friends who will never hail a cab ¦ — except on a rainy day—until ' ' they have found . out whether the driver ' looks like a priest . ' In cafes and restaurants no such research is possible . There you must be served by the first attendant who chooses to wait upon you . But the friends just alluded to are very shy even there of the garcons in waiting , and always void those who are heavy-looking , flat-footed , thick-featured , or blear-eyed . I am told that another occupation of the-interdicted priest is that of the compositor , though , as the art of printing cannot be learned quite so quickly as cabdriving or attendance in taverns , it is scarcely probable that many adopt this calling . That there are some , however , who handle the composing-stick ,, andset up pages of ' bourgeois' and ' pica , ' is undoubted . "

      A Speculation for English Actors . —A letter from Paris says : — " We continually hear that an English company is coming over here , but it never comes . Yet , if moderately clever , and liberally organised , it might have a fair chance of success . There are hundreds of studying Frenchmen who would be glad to have an opportunity of taking what may fairly be called theatrical lessons in English . And then , of course , the Court and its fl unkeys would patronise les Anglais , if only to show their familiarity with a foreign tongue . Still , after all , the speculation is perhaps too venturesome , and so no French or English Mr . Mitchell attempts it . That the Parisian prejudice against our talent has been decreasing of late years is , I think , indicated by more than one circumstance . We have seen has been received b

      lately how well a Miss Thompson y the public of the Grand Opera , and ho > v warmly the Loclercq family Avas greeted at the Prtf Catalan last year . Then—will it be belioved?—there is an English clown called Boswell , at the Cirque , who has been a regular member of the company for several years ! Another fact , even more striking , is , that three young musicians , also from perfidious Albion , have succeeded in obtaining a good reputation here , to which their undeniable talent justly entitles them . The Messieurs Binneld—for that is their name—are three brothers , the clde 6 t of whom plays the piano , the second the harp , and the youngest that instrument so softly harmonious in skilful hands , I mean the concertina . The performances of this trio always attract a crowded and brilliant audience in Paris . "

      The Winter in New York . —The Times correspondent writes : — " Only two days ago we were enveloped in an almost impenetrable fog , arising from the watery snow disappearing from the streets . Now tho accounts of Arctic travellers read like refreshing pictures of tropical life . Fancy a day when the mercury but once , and then for a few minutes only , rises even a half-degroo above zero ; the heavens clear , sharp , and cold as crystal ; no cold winds blowing , but the still air cutting keenly with oavb , breath ; women all housed except such as necessity drives out ; men inuftluri to tho oyoa in fura , hurrying to escape tho frost that has

      MIS C ELLA N EO U S . The Court . —Yesterday her Majesty received the congratulations of the diplomatic body , the Ministers , and a number of the nobility and gentry , on the birth of her grandson the infant Prussian Prince . Her Majesty and the Prince Consort , with their children , continue in good health , and take daily rides and walks in the Home Park . The Prince hunted on Tuesday . The Duke de Nemours has visted the Queen this week 5 and among the other guests at the Castle wo find the names of Count Gustave Blucher , LordBagot , the Right Hon . Benjamin Disraeli , the Duke and Duchess of Richmond , Lord and

      Lady Colchester , Major Elphinstonp , R . E ., the Earl and Countess of Donoughmore , and Lieut . rGeneral Buckley . Prince Alfred . —The Prince has been to Tunis , where he was received in grand style by the Bey . All the festivities that Tunis could afford wero offered to him . The ancient ruins in tho neighbourhood were points of attraction to the youthful visitor . Oa his return to Malta another grand demonstration of flunkeyism which bad been projected was nipped in the bud by Major Cowol ! , who said that the Prince's duties must not be any further interfered with .

      Public Health . —Tho Registrar-GoneraVs return for the last week exhibits a rather more favourable view of the health of the metropolis than the previous one . The deaths from scarlatina and diphtheria , however , had increased , being 111 , and bronchitis also was very fatal . Tho total of deaths for tho week was 1880 , and of births 1851 . Dr . Lotheby reports rather favourably of tho health , of tho City , in which , however , tho rates of mortality still remain considerably higher than in other parts of England . City SEWERs . ~ r ~ On Tuesday a court was hold for the ueapatoh of business . Tho chairman made a general statement of the financial business of tho court for the past year , Mr . Harrison , a member of tho Metropolitan Board of Works , complained that ho had , although ineffectually , tried to prevail on that board to carry out

      BOmo necessary improvements in Newgate-streot , at thojr own expense , when it was resolved unanimously that it bo referred to tho improvements comnutteo to consider and roport what further steps should bo taken in the matter of tho future improvements which had boon agreed to by tho court . Tho engineer brought up a report on tho Omnibus Subway Company ' s plan , which was adopted , and , tho court adjourned . CoajMON Council . —On Tuesday a Special Court was JiQldtQ consider several letters from Sir John Rcnnio relative to a proposed stoam-boat pier at London-bridgo , under tho direction of tho Thnmos Conservancy Comnuaalgn ., It waa moved that tho letters of Sir J . Ronnie ana the petitions on tho subject bo roforrod to tho Bridge House Committee , and that tho oommlttoo have authority to consult engineers thereon , and to report to tUo court . Tho motion was lost .

      already seized upon tho onrs and hoses of more than one 5 scarcely a private oarriago soon anywhoro ; tho omnibus drivers dismounting whenever chanoo offers , to avoid freezing on their seats ; tho windows of tho shops covered with tho frost either shooting its crystals in cxquJnUo forms over the superb panes , or covoring them with donsu masses of opnquo white ; iu-doora groat ures blazing In tuo ' gratos , tho hot-air furnaces pouring out lioated blasts that dissolve into steam in tho morning sunlight , tho wator-pipes and tho gas-motors freezing in splto of all euro , and the inmates orouahing round tho ilros in a vain effort to keon wnrm . If you can from

      these fragments fill up the picture , you . may form a correct idea of what New York was yesterday and is today . ** . " ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . .. ¦ . ' ¦ . . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . : Mr . Basil Baker . —The death of this gentleman took place on Tuesday , at Liverpool . The immediate cause of decease was rheumatic gout striking to the heart . Mr . Baker ,-who was deservedly respected both in social and professional life as a good actor of the old English school , was fifty-four years of age . " He waa inarried twice , the survivors of his family being a widow , three young children , a son in the customs at Liverpool , and a daughter—Mrs . Crellin—formerly well-known oh the stage as Miss Fanny Baker . During the greater part of his professional life Mr . Baker resided in Liverpool , but during the Vestris and Mathews regime at the London Lyceum theatre he was a member of their dramatic corps . .

      The Great Eastern . t—The preparations necessary for fitting the Great Eastern for sea have at last been decided on . The contractors are to commence theix work on the 15 th of February , and are bound under penalties to complete all in five months from that date . The first trial trip will therefore take place about the middle of July , when it is intended to run out from Weymouth to the middle of the Atlantic , and try the ship under all possible conditions of sail and steam . The Napoleonic Foible . —The Napoleon of peace has no great aversion to war . It offers him various attractions . It will gratify the army , occupy the . attention of the nation , and will give him an opportunity oi acquiring giorv , which he believes indispensable to his desires

      dynasty . Personally , one of his most eager is to command an army in the field . Cbangarnier said that Napoleon III . thought himself the first general living ; the officers of the Garde Imperiale , who manceuvred under the Emperor ' s own command at Chalons in 1857 , do nbt r it is pretty well known , share that opinion , neither do . those military men who had opportunities of studying ; the plans and suggestions f ° operations which he sent to his generals in the East during the war against Russia . But Napoleon III . is known to attach more Weight to his own opinion than to that of all the world besides ; and , if he believes himself a military genius , it is probable that nothing short of defeat would weaken that conviction .

      The " Distressed Artillery Officer . "— -This gentleman , whose case was brought before the public by the Rev . Mr . Buck in a letter to the Times a day or two ago , has received the substantial sympathy of the benevolent readers of ; that journal , who have sent contributions of money and comforts to a surprisingly largo amount . This is , no doubt , attributable to an editorial note appended to the clergyman ' s , letter , in which the editor of the great journal vouched for the correctness of the " statement . The Turf in Lisbon . —A hurdle race on the English , system took place in the Campo Grande last Sunday .

      The race was organised by a committee of noblemen and gentlemen , at the head of whom was the Count de Farrobo . The affair attracted a large concourse to the Campo , among whom , of course , was Dom Fernando , who is an inveterate sight-seer . The races went off very well ; but it was a pity that one or two of the jockeys were not better mounted ; there being few horses fit for tho hunt or steeplechase in Lisbon . Among the riders were Messrs . Shaw and . Herbert , English residents here . The whole affair was admirably conducted , and is likely to lead to other and more complete exhibitions of our national sports in Portugal .

      Rating of Officers' Quarters . — -A deputation from the Woolwich Local Board of Health waited upon Lord Hardingoand Sir B . Hawes at the War Office , on Saturday , relative to tho refusal of the Government to pay taxes for tho quarters occupied by military officers . It appears that in consequence of such refusal the Local Board of Health has refused to permit the public roads to be opened , for the purpose of supplying gas to the Artillery Barracks and tho Military Academy . After some discussion . Lord Hardiuge stated that he was favourable to tho payment of it fixed sum in lieu of a rate , and such a course lie should recommend General Peel to adopt .

      Death of Mr . F . T . Fowlbb .--W o have to record with extreme regret tho death of Mr . Frederick T . Fowler , which took place on ^ . ' uceday morning , after a brief illness . As manager of tho Morning Herald and Standard newspapers , Mr . Fowler was extensively known , and in tho circles of metropolitan and provincial journalism his loss will bo sincerely felt . Wo ojcpres 3 only a general sentiment when wo aay that this event has produced a vory molancholy impression upon those classes with which Mr . Fowlor was more immediately associated . . This Queen ' s French GovitRNE 8 s .- <—Madame Louise Rollando do la Sango , who has for more than twelve years Ullod tho ollico of French governess to tho royal chlldrou , has just retired . It is well known that tho Queen and her children have parted from this lady with real rogrot .

      Mauamic von Aunim . —On the 21 st inst ., Bottina von Ami in died at Berlin , at tho advanced ago of seventy-foul" years . SUo was ono of M » o shining stars qS Gorman romantic literature , and * a genius from the cradle , Uormost remarkable work being a correspondence onrriod on with Gootho before her seventeenth year .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 29, 1859, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29011859/page/9/